Google rounds the week out with Android 17 QPR 3 Beta 1

Take your first peek at where Android’s heading in 2027! Google rounds the week out with Android 17 QPR 3 Beta 1. Mobile Google rounds the week out with Android 17 QPR 3 Beta 1 Take your first peek at where Android’s heading in 2027!

Builds cover the Pixel 6a up through the Pixel 11 family. Google is fixing quite a few bugs with this first preview release. With October now upon us, 2027 feels like it’s really starting to loom over us.

We’re already looking out to next year for most of the big hardware launches on the horizon, and now software’s starting to catch up. Earlier this week, Google delivered its latest preview of the company’s big year-end Android update, with Android 17 QPR2 Beta 6.1. And with just hours left before the weekend, we’re getting our first taste of Android’s next major update beyond that.